Page 3: Historical Events In March - 13

1855  Percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto) on this day in history.   

1858  On March - 13 maximilien Luce, French painter   

1859  John Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia on March - 13.   

1859  Ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83) on this day in history.   

1860  On March - 13 the birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer   

1861  Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on March - 13.   

1862  Vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer on March - 13.   

1865  US Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service on this day in history.   

1865  On this day in history jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers   

1868  Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on this day in history.   

1868  On March - 13 senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial   

1869  Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law on March - 13.   

1872  On this day in history oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist   

1875  Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane) on March - 13.   

1878  On March - 13 oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match on this day in history.   

1879  On March - 13 adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60   

1881  On March - 13 in Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government   

1881  Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer on this day in history.   

1881  On March - 13 alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62   

1883  Enrico Toselli, composer on this day in history.   

1884  On March - 13 siege of Khartoum Sudan begins   

1884  The birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist on this day in history.   

1884  On this day in history uS adopts Standard Time   

1884  Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit) on this day in history.   

1885  On March - 13 in Victoria British Columbia, the Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants, later ruled unconstitutional   

1886  On March - 13 henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist   

1887  Chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs on March - 13.   

1887  Carlos Isamitt, composer on March - 13.   

1888  Great Blizzard of 1888 rages on this day in history.   

1890  Michael Taube, composer on this day in history.   

1890  Henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1892  Alec Rowley, composer on this day in history.   

1894  On March - 13 j L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate   

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1372  On this day in history birth of louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)   

1548  On March - 13 birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  On March - 13 birth of johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint   

1615  Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700) was born on this day in history.   

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on this day in history.   

1696  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal was born on this day in history.   

1700  On this day in history birth of james Kent, composer   

1700  Michel Blavet, composer was born on this day in history.   

1202  On this day in history mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies   

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on March - 13.   

1395  On March - 13 death of john Barbour, Scottish poet   

1516  On March - 13 vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60   

1558  Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

1569  On this day in history lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  On March - 13 death of michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman   

1604  Death of Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537) on March - 13.